Urgent Question on legal status of EU nationals in UK
4 July 2016 (updated on 4 July 2016)
Minister for Security and Immigration, James Brokenshire, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Labour MP, Gisela Stuart, in the House of Commons on the legal status of EU nationals residing in the UK in the event of the UK leaving the EU, on Monday 4 July.
- Watch the Urgent Question on EU nationals legal status on Parliament TV
- Read Commons Hansard: EU Nationals: UK Residence
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